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Ewart nee Muir, Edith Fairlie, 1878-1953 (third wife of James Cossar Ewart)

 Person

Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Edith F. Ewart from Kitty Ross Hanse, 31 July 1925

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/31/10
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Hanse provides details of her travels around Australia and recounts her experience of teaching children

Dates: 31 July 1925

Letter to Edith F. Ewart from Malcolm W. Brodie, 17 November 1923

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/29/4
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Brodie thanks Mrs Ewart for her letter telling him of their movements and and writes that he hopes Professor Ewart will be able to meet him on the 26th. He has written to a contact to make sure the couple gets a good cabin on their homeward journey.

Dates: 17 November 1923

Letter to Edith F. Ewart from Percival ('Percy') Herbert Portsmouth, with enclosed photograph, 07 April 1927

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/33/5
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Portsmouth writes that he is sorry that the Ewarts could not come to see the sculpture entitled 'Vision' at the Edinburgh College of Art, but he encloses a photograph of the work.

Dates: 07 April 1927

Letter to Edith F. Ewart from Peter Henry Buck, 23 December 1924

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/30/14
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Buck sends Christmas greetings to the Ewarts and reminisces about their meeting at the Pan-Pacific Science Congress in Australia. He writes that the Board of Maori Ethnological Research has been busy and that they have established a Maori Improvement Fund to promote practical and higher education among the Maori people. He also reports that the Government has granted him leave to accompany an American scientific expedition into Polynesia.

Dates: 23 December 1924

Letter to Edith F. Ewart from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 20 October 1921

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/27/7
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Tovey thanks Mrs Ewart for her letter and writes concerning his engagements for the forthcoming weekend. He mentions that he is settling into his house at 50 Manor Place, Edinburgh.

Dates: 20 October 1921

Letter to Edith F. Ewart from Violet Macarthur-Onslow, 04 December 1923

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/29/8
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Macarthur-Onslow writes that she was sorry she did not see the Ewarts to say goodbye and she hopes they have arrived home safely. She provides details of an old female friend living in Edinburgh, and would appreciate it if the Ewarts were to visit her.

Dates: 04 December 1923

Letter to Edith F. Ewart from William Gordon, 19 September 1913

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/45
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Gordon thanks Mrs Ewart for the glass jars for preserving the peas and beans in his garden and hopes that she and Professor Ewart will visit him on Shetland again next year. He reports that he was disappointed with the prices he received for his lambs in Aberdeen.

Dates: 19 September 1913

Letter to James Cossar Ewart and Edith F. Ewart from Charles Lloyd Jones, 15 February 1924

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/30/3
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Jones commiserates that the Ewarts' trip back home from Australia was uncongenial. He provides a description of his home on Mount Wilson, Blue Mountain, Australia.

Dates: 15 February 1924

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Aldred F. Barker, 10 December 1921

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/27/9
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Barker asks Ewart to advise him on the possibilities of using Blackface sheep to produce the several colours obtained in Herdwick. He assures Ewart that when they have finished with a large cloth order, they will proceed with the patterns selected by Mrs Ewart. He wonders whether the Research Association are not helping Ewart as much as they might.

Dates: 10 December 1921

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Frederica Primrose, 15 December 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/124
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Primrose congratulates Ewart on the announcement of his engagement and passes on the best wishes of her sister.

Dates: 15 December 1904